| 2012 | Architectural Lighting | Best Use of Color | Diamond Schmitt Architects | Ryerson Image Center at Ryerson University | |
| 2012 | Architectural Lighting | Commendable Achievement - Interior Lighting | SmithGroup JJR | Cranbrook Art Museum and Library Renovation/Collections Building Addition | |
| 2012 | Architectural Lighting | Commendable Achievement - Interior Lighting | Lighting Design International | ESPA Life at Corinthia | |
| 2012 | Architectural Lighting | Commendable Achievement - Whole Building | Arup | Frick Chemistry Laboratory at Princeton University | |
| 2012 | Architectural Lighting | Commendable Achievement - Whole Building | Tillotson Design Associates | Milstein Hall at Cornell University | |
| 2012 | Architectural Lighting | Commendable Achievement - Whole Building | Auerbach Glasow French | University of California, Berkeley, School of Law South Addition | |
| 2012 | Architectural Lighting | Commendable Achievement - Exterior Lighting | David Mintz in association with Randy Burkett Lighting Design | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial | |
| 2012 | Architectural Lighting | Outstanding Achievement - Whole Building | Lam Partners | The United States Institute of Peace | |
| 2012 | Architectural Lighting | Outstanding Achievement - Whole Building | Lam Partners | The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts | |
| 2012 | Architectural Lighting | Outstanding Achievement - Exterior Lighting | Speirs + Major | Twin Sails Bridge | |
